The story of monkeys fishing for the moon

Once upon a time, there were 500 macaques wandering in the forest. We walked under the big tree together and saw a well under the tree with the moon reflected in it. At this time, the leader of the macaque saw this moon shadow and said to his fellow monkeys: The moon is going to drown today. If it falls into the well, it should be fished out together. Don't let the night of the world become dark. Let's talk about how to fish it out.

Then the leader of the macaque came up with an idea: I grab the branch and you grab my tail. After a lot of hands and feet are connected, they can be fished out. So the monkeys listened to the leader's advice. However, all the macaques fell into the well water because the fragile branches broke. Nowadays, people often use this allusion to warn that if nothing happens, it will inevitably lead to disaster.

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The story of monkeys fishing for the moon comes from Zhu Lin Yugong's Fa Yuan Miscellaneous Department, which is an index of all Buddhist scriptures. It was compiled by a Taoist master according to the Canon of the Tang Dynasty and Biography of Eminent Monks preached by his brother, and it has the nature of a Buddhist encyclopedia. The origin of monkeys fishing for the moon, Fool's Chapter, is the fifty-third volume of the book, which mainly tells the fables of fools killing snakes, flies, saving eyes, admiring shadows, dividing clothes and so on.

198 1 year paper-cut animation "Monkeys Fishing for the Moon" is 10 minutes long, which is the pinnacle of shadow play animation in the 1980s. Based on the folk fairy tale Monkey Fishing for the Moon, directed by Zhou Keqin and written by Ling Shu, the film tells the story that a group of greedy monkeys discovered the moon and tried their best to take it for themselves.

The creative techniques of this film are taken from the traditional paper-cutting techniques in China, and the colors are bright and full. Director Zhou Keqin adopted a simple and lively style and the monkey shape of China folk ink painting.

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